Hi all, Has anyone else seen the email from MySociety about the Gender Balance game they've created? See https://www.mysociety.org/2015/07/30/introducing-gender-balance-the-game-th… for more about it. It appears they also have a database which we may be free to upload to Wikidata... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Hi all, Has anyone else seen the email from MySociety about the Gender Balance game they've created? See https://www.mysociety.org/2015/07/30/introducing-gender-balance-the-game-th… for more about it. It appears they also have a database which we may be free to upload to Wikidata... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Hi Richard, I've been talking to EveryPolitician about this. Matching to Wikidata will pose something of a challenge but we're on it :-) A.

He might be, possibly... although I'll grant you it's unlikely. I wonder if EveryPolitican records him? Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 5 October 2015 at 14:37, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Hi all, But there is fictional human and fictional character <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95074>, but perhaps placeholder name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318274> would be best in this context <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95074> all the best Fabian aka Leutha On 05 October 2015 at 14:37 geni &lt;geniice(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: On 5 October 2015 at 13:20, Andrew Gray &lt;andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk&gt; wrote: Hi Richard, I've been talking to EveryPolitician about this. Matching to Wikidata will pose something of a challenge but we're on it :-) A. Hmmm wikidata doesn't appear to pick up on the category Nonexistent people used in hoaxes thus it thinks Kasongo Ilunga is real: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1735013 -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk

Hi all, Has anyone else seen the email from MySociety about the Gender Balance game they've created? See https://www.mysociety.org/2015/07/30/introducing-gender-balance-the-game-th… for more about it.